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Travel-related illness at a tertiary care hospital in Osaka, Japan

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العنوان: Travel-related illness at a tertiary care hospital in Osaka, Japan
المؤلفون: Hadano Y, Shirano M, Goto T
المصدر: International Journal of General Medicine, Vol Volume 9, Pp 355-359 (2016)
بيانات النشر: Dove Medical Press, 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: travel medicine, travel-related health problems, Japan, Medicine (General), R5-920
الوصف: Yoshiro Hadano, Michinori Shirano, Tetsushi Goto Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan Abstract: We analyzed the travel-related health problems in persons returning to Japan from overseas. Data were extracted retrospectively for all patients visiting the infectious diseases department of Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, between July 2012 and September 2013. There were 209 sick returning travelers during the period of the study. The median age of the subjects was 34.3 years, and the subjects consisted of 133 tourists (63.6%), 39 business travelers (18.7%), 17 expatriates (8.1%), 14 volunteer workers (6.7%), and four persons who visited friends and relatives (1.9%). The most visited destinations were Asia (n=162, 77.5%), including East Asia (n=26, 12.4%), Southeast Asia (n=116, 55.5%), South Asia (n=25, 12.0%), Central Asia (n=3, 1.4%), and Africa (n=30, 14.3%). The most commonly diagnosed diseases were gastrointestinal tract infection (n=81, 38.8%), dengue fever (n=26, 12.4%), and animal bites (n=26, 12.4%). Twenty-nine patients (13.8%) were hospitalized, mainly for dengue fever and gastrointestinal tract infection. Keywords: travel medicine, travel-related health problems, Japan
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1178-7074
Relation: https://www.dovepress.com/travel-related-illness-at-a-tertiary-care-hospital-in-osaka-japan-peer-reviewed-article-IJGM; https://doaj.org/toc/1178-7074
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/b35c7148026a4bb4a0bbe154d9fcd2ca
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b35c7148026a4bb4a0bbe154d9fcd2ca
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